Attachments are not compressed by Outlook 98 (184123)
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In addition to sending text messages, Microsoft Outlook can send attached
files with your e-mail. Including an attachment in an e-mail message
increases the file size of your message, and can impact transmission speed
and create network bottlenecks.
WORKAROUND
One way to decrease this negative impact is file compression. However, due
to mail standards, Outlook does not compress file attachments.
The following third-party products that perform file compression are
readily available.
BKZip 97 (Bernd Kemmlers)http://bks.simplenet.com/
Features the ability to create, view, and extract Zip files. Also uses
a slider bar control to determine the amount of compression used.
MaX Compression (C2C Systems)http://www.c2c.com/site/products/max_overview.asp
This add-in automatically compresses and decompresses attachments in
Outlook.
TurboZip (Pacific Gold Coast)http://www.turbozip.com
You can work with files within archives and e-mails without unzipping
or decoding. Also offers built-in ActiveX control for WYSIWYG (what you see
is what you get) viewing of Office 97 documents and spreadsheets.
WinZip (Niko Mak Computing, Inc.)http://www.winzip.com
WinZip features built-in support for popular Internet file formats,
including TAR, gzip, Unix compress, UUencode, BinHex, and MIME. ARJ,
LZH, and ARC files are supported via external programs.
| Modification Type: | Major | Last Reviewed: | 7/14/2006 |
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